Business of the House

Kirsty Blackman Excerpts
Tuesday 18th April 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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What the Prime Minister was doing this morning was making her ambition clear about the timeframe for the general election. I have to say to the hon. Lady that the specific date would have been the first question put to the Prime Minister, in the House and outside, had she not named one.

Kirsty Blackman Portrait Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North) (SNP)
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Mr Speaker, you may remember—as you took an active part in it—a debate in January 2000 that went on all night so that the next day’s business did not exist. Given that in debating the Finance Bill the House can sit until any hour tonight, what will the Government do in the event of tomorrow not existing?

David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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Given that question, I suspect that the hon. Lady and her colleagues are a bunch of fearties as far as a general election is concerned.